Parliament wraps up spending hearings
The committee’s lead MEPs will now finalise their reports prior to discussion in the committee scheduled to start on 17 February. The committee is expected to adopt revised reports in mid-March and a...
View ArticlePaola Testori Coggi – Calvinist servant
It is not the burning ambition of most children to grow up to become a bureaucrat, yet Paola Testori Coggi is adamant that joining the public service was always among her goals. As a young girl she had...
View Article‘A once in a lifetime opportunity’
Anthony Luzzatto Gardner is clearly relishing his early days as the US ambassador to the EU. He describes it as his “dream job” – and the only diplomatic post that he wanted. “For me this was a once in...
View ArticleMEPs worried by Commission restructuring
MEPs have voiced concern at some of the changes to the European Commission’s departmental structure announced by Jean-Claude Juncker, the Commission’s president-designate, last week. They are...
View ArticleDalligate — Frame by frame
*** Correction: This timeline has been updated because it mistakenly suggested that Swedish Match was involved in an effort to bribe Commissioner Dalli. Here is the response from Swedish Match.
View ArticleHello again, Dalli
The “Dalligate” lobbying scandal — which tarnished the European Commission’s reputation and set the scene for an ongoing overhaul of the EU’s transparency rules — returned to the headlines this week...
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Dalligate — Frame by frame
The events date back to 2012 — but the ‘Dalligate’ lobbying scandal still acts as a dark cloud hanging over EU officials heads, reminding them of the damage that shady lawmaking can do. The case of...
View ArticleCatherine Day to stay
As Brussels awaits the result of a high-stakes reshuffling of top European Commission staff expected to be announced by President Jean-Claude Juncker at the end of June, one name is locked in....
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Commission shakes up top management
The European Commission announced a reshuffling of its senior management positions on Wednesday, replacing not only the institution’s top staffer but also key officials in a dozen different...
View Article(Greek) Mission: Impossible
Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. That’s a trap the European Commission wants to avoid as it mobilizes a new team of experts to...
View ArticleBrexit task force leader Jonathan Faull to retire
The European Commission’s most senior British official, Jonathan Faull, said Tuesday he will retire in January after a 38-year career in the institution that included a high-profile but unsuccessful...
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